Vetiver Oriental

Drawing on this universal category of perfumes, Serge Lutens decided to create a fragrance addressed to men and women alike and to build it around one of perfumery's most celebrated ingredients: vetiver. Focus on Vetiver Oriental, an essence designed to send the imagination traveling.

A collaboration between Serge Lutens and Christopher Sheldrake for this perfume

Vetiver Oriental is a perfume born of a collaboration between Serge Lutens and Christopher Sheldrake. This British perfumer is recognized by his peers as a true creative genius. Many say that he revolutionized the world of perfumery. Christopher Sheldrake lights up the world of fragrance with his boldness. As such, he fits perfectly into Serge Lutens's approach to olfactory creation. Moreover, the story between the two men has lasted for years. Christopher Sheldrake has been collaborating with Serge Lutens since 1995. He is known, in fact, as the second man of the house of Serge Lutens. According to him, it is the only brand on the market that allows him to express his creativity so fully without ever imposing constraints on him. Together, the two men chose this time to deliver a new take on vetiver. This major perfumery ingredient reveals here more balsamic accents and offers an unprecedented and daring reading of its scent.

Vetiver Oriental, a woody perfume

As the name Vetiver Oriental suggests, the Indian vetiver root is one of the major components of its formula. Most of the time, it is an ingredient placed in the base notes of perfumes. Here, however, it unfolds all its ambivalence and forms the thread running through Vetiver Oriental. This perfume rests on a solid base made up of benzoin, labdanum cistus, sandalwood, vetiver and guaiac wood. Its balsamic effect, meanwhile, is brought by a trio of iris, rose and cocoa. Finally, amber and musk heighten the sensuality of this composition, making it terribly addictive.

Serge Lutens's enigmatic olfactory universe

As always, Serge Lutens accompanied the release of his perfume Vetiver Oriental with a quote that is, to say the least, enigmatic: I always wanted to change. As a child: family, friends and later, country. Ah, I forgot! Sex! In short, everything, down to this vetiver which, once it moves away from Cologne, sinks lasciviously into an Oriental velvet. It presents its scent in its own right, on a tarmac of cistus. A wax! In reality, this is a parallel between Serge Lutens's personal life and the formula of his perfume. As a child, Serge Lutens dreamed of changing family, country and sex. Here, he shaped vetiver in his own image and made it transform. Vetiver unfolds here in all its complexity and becomes more ambiguous than usual. Just like Serge Lutens, it chooses no gender and is intended for men and women alike.